Eyeglasses.



No. 735,164. PATENTBD AUG. 4, 1.903.

E. E. SHREINBR & B. R. TUCKER.

EYEGLASSES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1901. RBNEWED JUNE 17, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 190s.

PATENT OEEICE.

ELMER E. SHREINER AND BEVERLEY R. TUCKER, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,

ASSIGNORS TO S. GALESKI OPTICAL COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, VIR- GINIA.

EYEG LASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,164, dated August 4, 1903.

Application filed June 7, 1901. Renewed June 17, 1903. Serial No. 181,922. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ELMEE E. SHREINER and BEVERLEY'R. TUCKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in eyeglasses, and particularly to improvements in the guards which secure the glasses about the nose and in the means for adjusting the guards.

The object of our invention is to providea reversible guard which may be used either as a right or left guard and also to provide improved means whereby the guards may be readily adjusted to suit a nose of any shape.

It is a matter of common knowledge that diiferent forms of guards are required to suit different wearers, that given a suitable guard its adjustment or position in relation to the frame of the glasses may be such as to make it uncomfortable, and also that where right and left guards are used when a guard needs replacing trouble is frequently experienced in procuring the correct guard. Our improved guard can be used in place of many different forms and it can be adjusted to'suit almost any wearer, and its reversibility, which does away with the necessity of having right and left guards, cheapens construction and does away with the trouble experienced in replacing a guard.

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, and in which like numerals refer to like parts in the dierent views, Figure I is a view Vin perspective of a pair of eyeglasses provided with our reversible and adjustable guard. Fig. II is a vertical section of the same,taken through the center of the spring. Figs. III and IV show the arm of the guard in side and front elevation, respectively. Figs. V, VI, and VII show the body of the guard in front, side, and rear elevation, respectively. Figs. VIII and IX are broken views showing in side and front elevation, respectively, a modified means of securing the guard after adjustment. Figs. X and XI are broken views showing in side and front elevation ,respectively, another modified means of securing theguard after adjustment. Fig. XII is a View of the guard-body in front elevation, showing it straight instead of angular, as in Fig. V. Figs. III to XII are larger than natural size in order that the details may be clearly seen.

In Fig. I, 1 1 are the glasses; 2 2 are the studs; 3 3 are the boxes, and 4 is the spring, the ends of which are secured in the boxes 3 3 by means of screws 5. Also secured in the boxes 3 3are the arms of the guards 6 6, and pivoted to the lower ends of the arms are the bodies of the guards 7 7. The arms are shown in detail in Figs. III and IV and the bodies in Figs. V, VI, and VII. The upper part 8 of the body of the guard is set at an angle with the lower part 9, and the two parts may be in one piece, or they may be in two or more pieces suitably fastened together. The body is preferably provided with the pads 10 10 10, of cork or xylonite, which are secured to it in the usual manner. The body of the guard is shown (see Fig. VII) as having lobed ends and center. This shape is desirable, so as to give a good bearing for the pads 10 and also to provide room about the center for the adjusting features of the guard. The guard 7 is pivoted at its center to the lower end of the arm 6, and the upper part 8 and the lower part 9 of the body-guard being equal in length it will be seen that it is immaterial to which side of the glasses it is attached, for supposing that the guard-body shown in Fig. II is attachable to the righthand side of the glasses all that is necessary to adjust it in position when attached to the left-hand side is to swing it around on its pivot until it is reversed.

In Fig. IV, 11 11, dac., are indentations or holes, which are arranged in a circle around the pivot-hole 12 in the arm 6. On the back of the center of the guard-body are projections 13 13, &c., arranged in a circle around the pivot-hole 14. These projections will when the guard-body is pivoted to the guardarm correspond to and tinto theindentations or holes 1l 11 in the said guard-arm. The projections 13 13 are slight and are just sufiicient to hold the body in position when the body and arm are pivoted together. To adjust the body, it is turned around on its pivot, the projections 13 being sprung out of the indentations 11. The movement of the body is continued until the desired adjustment is attained, and the projections 13 being allowed to spring into the now corresponding indentations the body will be firmly held in its new position.- It should be noted that the dimensions of the arm and body of the guard are exaggerated in the drawings for the sake of clearness. In practice the guard arm and body are made of very thin metal.

It will now be seen that we have a reversible guard-that is, a guard-body which may be attached to either side of a pair of glassesand it will also be seen that we have a guard which is adj ust-able to change the relation between the position of the guard-body and the frame of the glasses. v

Figs. VIII and IX show a modification of the means for securing the guard-body after adjustment. The back of the guard-body is provided with shallow indentations arranged in a circle around the pivot-that is to say, the projections shown on the back of the guard-body in Figs. V, VI, and VII are replaced by indentations. In the lower part of the guard-arm to which the guard-body is pivoted there is a threaded hole through which is screwed the small screw 15. The position of the hole is such that the point of the screw 15 can be made to enter the indentations in the back of the guard-body. To adjust the guard, the screw 15 is loosened,

the guard-body is swung on its pivot to thedesired position, and is then secured in that position by tightening up the screw 15, the point of which is caused to enter the indentationwhich is opposite to it.

Figs. X and XI show another modification of the means for securing the guard-body in position. The guard-body is provided with indentations, as described in connection with Figs. VIII and IX, and the guard-arm is provided in its lower part Vwith a hole 16. The screw 15 (shown in Figs. VIII and IX) is replaced by a fine spring 17, one end of which is secured in the box 3 and the other end of which is bent over so that it may pass through the hole 16 in the guard-arm and enter the indentations in the back of the guardbody. To alter the adjustment of the guard, the spring 17 is sprung slightly back, the guard-body is turned on its pivot to the desired position, the spring is released, and its point is allowed to enter that indentation in the guard-body which is now opposite to the hole 16.

In Fig. XII is shown a straight guard-body. This form of guard-body is adjustable and reversible, just as is the angular guard-body shown in Fig. V; but it possesses another feature which is advantageous under certain circumstances. The noses of some persons are so shaped that the heads of the screws 5 5, which secure the guard-arms 6 6 and the spring 4 in the boxes 3 3, bear upon them and cause a great deal of discomfort. The upper end of the guard body shown in Fig. XII covers the heads of the screws and prevents the heads of the said screws from bearing upon the flesh and causing discomfort to the wearer. This form of guard may also be of uniform width throughout its length, vand it may also be covered with one piece of cork or other material instead of being provided with three pieces, as shown in the drawings.

Having now described our invention, what we claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination with the lens-holders, the boxes and spring, of guard-arms secured to the boxes and inline with the plane of the lenses, and reversible integral guard-bodies having two projecting limbs of equal length forming an obtuse angle with one another, the said guard bodies being pivotally attached at their apices to the lower ends of the guard-arms, and provided with securing devices to secure them after adjustment.

2. In an eyeglass, the combination of a guard-arm connected to the frame, with an integral guard-body having two projecting arms the extremity of each of which is provided with a nose-pad, the guard-body be-v ing made of elastic material and loosely pivoted to the guard-arm, the contacting surface of the guard-arm and guard-body being roughened so as to hold the guard-body in a set position but permitting it to be moved due to the elasticity of the metal and the looseness oi' the pivoting.

3. In an eyeglass, the combination of a guard-arm, with a guard-body made of one piece of metal or other suitable material and having two projecting arms each of which is provided with a nose-pad; the guard-body being loosely pivoted at or about its center to the guard-arm, and provided between the contacting surfaces of the guard-arm and guard body with interlocking projections and depressions which will hold the parts in a set position and yet allow them to be moved in relation to each other due to the looseness of the pivoting, one member being made of elastic material.

4. In an eyeglass, the combination Vof a guard-arm, with a guard-body made of one piece of metal or other suitable material and having two projecting arms each of which is provided with a nose-pad, the guard-body being symmetrical about its center and the two projecting arms being alike so that the piece may be used on either side of the glasses; and being loosely pivoted at or IOO IIO

about its center to the guard arm by a Signed at Richmond, in the county of Henclenched rivet, and provided between the rico and State of Virginia, this 20th day of m contacting surfaces of the guard-arm and May, 1901.

guard-body With interlocking projections and ELMER E. SHREINER. depressions which will hold the parts in a BEVERLEY R. TUCKER. set position and yet allow them to be moved Witnesses:

in relation to each other due to the loose- NETTIE BOTTIGHEIMER,

ness of the pivoting. I-I. E. TRAYLOR. 

